Indian love poems
By: selected and edited by Meena Alexander.
Contributors: Alexander, Meena, 1951-
Series: Everyman's library pocket poets
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Love poetry, Indic -- Translations into English.; Love poetry, Indic (English)
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: "Indian Love Poems is a gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora." "Indian Love Poems features works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desire - both male and female - in the intricate dance of existence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes translations from various Indic languages.